What's the difference between go build
and go build file.go
?
I'm asking because when I run go build
on a package that imports a local package, then I get this error message.
can't load package: C:\go\src\bug\main.go:3:8: local import "./local_file" in non-local package
However, when I specify a file name it works. Ex go build main.go
Console history on Windows XP.
C:\gopath\src\bug:>go version
go version go1.1 windows/386
C:\gopath\src\bug:>dir
...
<DIR> local_file
55 main.go
...
C:\gopath\src\bug:>type main.go
package main
import _ "./local_file"
func main() {
}
C:\gopath\src\bug:>type local_file\local_file.go
package local_file
import "fmt"
func init() {
fmt.Println("Called: local_file.init()")
}
C:\gopath\src\bug:>go run main.go
Called: local_file.init()
C:\gopath\src\bug:>go build main.go
C:\gopath\src\bug:>dir
...
<DIR> local_file
1,285,120 main.exe
55 main.go
...
C:\gopath\src\bug:>go build
can't load package: C:\gopath\src\bug\main.go:3:8: local import "./local_file" in non-local package